Aguadilla barrio-pueblo Barrio Pueblo Aguadilla | |
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Municipality Seat [1] | |
![]() Central Plaza of Aguadilla | |
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Coordinates: 18°25′47″N67°09′20″W / 18.429734°N 67.155693°W [2] | |
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Area | |
• Total | 0.74 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
• Land | 0.37 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.37 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,627 |
• Density | 9,802.7/sq mi (3,784.8/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Aguadilla barrio-pueblo is an urban barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Aguadilla, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,627. [1] [4] [5] [6]
As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the central plaza every year. [7] [8]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 6,135 | — | |
1920 | 8,035 | 31.0% | |
1930 | 10,952 | 36.3% | |
1940 | 13,468 | 23.0% | |
1950 | 18,276 | 35.7% | |
1960 | 15,943 | −12.8% | |
1970 | 0 | −100.0% | |
1980 | 7,432 | — | |
1990 | 5,311 | −28.5% | |
2000 | 4,884 | −8.0% | |
2010 | 3,627 | −25.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [9] 1910-1930 [10] 1930-1950 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13] |
The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The Laws of the Indies, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) (Spanish : a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (Spanish : grandeza proporcionada al número de vecinos). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain. [7]
Located across the central plaza in Aguadilla barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia San Carlos Borromeo, a Roman Catholic church. Its construction began in 1776 and was completed in 1783. It was remodeled in 1855. One of its towers collapsed during the 1918 San Fermín earthquake and the facade was changed when reconstructed. Its last remodeling was in 1971. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1984. [14] [15]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) [6] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others. [16] [17] [18] [19]
The following sectors are in Barrio Pueblo (Norte): [20]
Avenida Los Robles, Calle Barbosa, Calle Ceiba, Calle Duda, Calle Fuerte, Calle Reguero, Calle Stahl, Callejón del Fuerte, Cerro Juan Vega, Condominio Cuesta Vieja, El Chapey, El Perú, Joya Las Marinas, Residencial Cuesta Vieja, Residencial Puesta del Sol, Sector Cerro Los Condenados (Cuesta Vieja), Sector Cerro Reguero, Sector Cuesta Nueva, Sector Cuesta Vieja, Sector La Vía (Norte), Sector Llanos Jiménez, Sector Luquillo, and Sector Tamarindo.
The following sectors are in Barrio Pueblo (Sur y Centro): [20]
Avenida San Carlos, Barriada Visbal, Barrio Higuey, Barrio Iglesias, Calle Mercado, Calle Mercedes Moreno, Calle Progreso, Cerro Cabrera, Cerro Calero, Cerro Echevarría, Cerro Gonzalo, Condominio Torres del Sol, Condominio Villa Mar, Residencial Villamar, Salsipuedes, Santa Bárbara, Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Cerro Las Ánimas, Sector Gregorio Vélez Vaz, Sector Joyas San Carlos, and Sector La Vía (Sur).
The following places are in Aguadilla barrio-pueblo:
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